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2. Sub-Committee Reports: • Groundwater Committee: Betty Konarski, President of EI Paso County Water Authority The EPCWA thanks the Roundtable for supporting the conference with a Roundtable grant. The draft report has been delivered to the State Engineer. Marylou walked around and handed out copies of the draft report. Betty asked members to read and comment on the report. Those who attended the Groundwater Conference can attest to the diversity of people and opinions that were generated there. There was unanimity in the belief that aquifer recharge storage and recovery is a timely issue. The Black Squirrel Basin has been identified as a highly potential location for recharge. We're in the midst of a study to determine what that means. What I'm bringing to you is a draft report that has no answers but a lot of questions, questions that will need to be addressed as we pursue the idea of aquifer recharge, storage and recovery. We are very interested in moving the dialogue forward and answering the questions raised by the conference. We're looking forward to your comments, and we look forward to working together on this issue. The report will also be available on the IBCC website. (www.ibcc.state.co.us) • Guidelines for Water Transfers: Lawrence Sena The committee did meet this morning, will meet this afternoon with Jennifer Gimbel, tomorrow morning with Steve Witte, and tomorrow afternoon with Rob White with Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area, Jim Ramsey with Colorado Division of Wildlife and Dr. David Cooper, Department of Forest Rangeland and Watershed Water Stewardship. The committee is seeking input so they can finalize some of the conditions for water transfers and complete the matrix. • Needs Assessment Subcommittee Report: Jay Winner: Next Needs Assessment meeting will be April 25t", with three to five projects to review. Jim Broderick: Consumptive Needs Assessment. Have gathered almost all the info needed. Should have a draft report for the Roundtable next month. Will bring back for approval in June. It does look like gaps have shifted from original determination. Thanked members for their contributions to this process. • Non-Consumptive Water Needs Subcommittee - SeEtta Moss The objective today is to adopt the map series and methodology as our basic Non- Consumptive Needs Report. Hope folks have had the opportunity to peruse the website that was emailed to them. * This presentation, and the maps created during the assessment process can be accessed from the IBCC website, by going to the Arkansas Basin RT, then to Subcommittees, then to Non- Consumptive Needs Assessment. The model created by this sub-committee will be used by most of the other basins. Questions were asked and discussion ensued. Roundtable members were reassured that the non-consumptive needs information gathered and priorities that were set will not mean that these priorities will be set in stone or become regulatory. This methodology shows how recreation and environment needs overlap. We need to vote to approve the validity of the methodology. This is not a validation or commitment to protect specific non- consumptive needs. Gary asked for consensus. Consensus was reached, and the non-consumptive needs assessment was adopted. 3. Presentation: Ag Efficiency in the Arkansas Basin Dave Robbins, Attorney: A compact is a domestic treaty between states. It provides a mechanism to settle disputes. River compacts allocate water consumption. Compacts are federal laws, they are contracts (not able to be modified by one party over the other), and are driven by competition for water supply and the desire of states to have the federal government build major water projects. Mr. Robbins then described some of the history of the Kansas-Colorado Water Compact. It is the youngest compact. Both states recognized that the Arkansas River had enormous fluctuations of water supply. All previous compacts were measurement compacts. Colorado didn't want a measurement 2